half agony half hope

if your animal is lying on the floor, furniture etc, it’s important to take a picture of them. then, if they move or shift in any way, it’s important to take another picture. with this technique, you can take many pictures of your animal

we are in a true love recession

🐞 a ladybug for everyone who needs good luck

brienne does not change jaime. she does not try to fix him. brienne does not do anything but exist, which is meaningful enough obviously because of what she embodies. and then jaime decides to change himself separated from her. jaime is not even romantically pursuing her as he changes himself

brienne is someone who cares and retains her values and humanity and continuously rejects and contradicts jaime’s cynical worldview that he uses to justify himself. while she is a stubborn and flawed human being with a plethora of her own blindspots, her very existence is still a condemnation of jaime on every level. she is someone who is still ultimately undeterred by the contradictions and refuses to become fatalistic because of them, it doesn’t matter that her society despises her for what she is and continuously blocks her path instead of rewarding it. she is “no chance and no choice.” that is why she is also one of the catalysts for jaime, but the responsibility and burden of change is on him. he is doing that work, not her. and he is doing it for himself, not her.

Don’t make your younger self into your own dead wife.